Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Retail Trade · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#10 top sponsor

Overview

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 3,832 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #10 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 2,170 were certified (56.6% approval rate), taking about 239 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $113,381.

3,832

PERM filings

56.6%

approval

denied

$113,381

median wage

239d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 3,826 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (76%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

India2,897
China454
Canada78
Brazil50
Nigeria38
Mexico31
Australia25
South Korea21
Taiwan20
South Africa17

Prior visa status

H-1B3,128
L-1286
F-1268
TN64
E-317
H-415
Not in USA14
L-24

Education

Master's2,521
Bachelor's1,161
None83
Doctorate49
Other12

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Amazon Web Services, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

Occupation	Filings	Avg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software	1,407	$120,794
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	448	$86,914
Software Developers, Applications	379	$126,353
Computer Systems Analysts	276	$121,219
Software Developers	196	$154,251
Computer Network Support Specialists	165	$72,227
Sales Engineers	111	$130,099
Statisticians	103	$99,470
Computer Occupations, All Other	82	$132,118
Computer and Information Systems Managers	74	$160,817

Common job titles

Software Development Engineer II 847 Solutions Architect III 340 Professional Services II 319 Support Engineer IV 198 Enterprise Account Engineer III 172 Solutions Architect II 164 Cloud Support Engineer II (DBA, ANA, BD) 113 Cloud Support Engineer II (Deployment, DMS) 106 CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER II 85 Enterprise Account Engineer II 76 Professional Services III 70 Cloud Support Engineer II (SCD, NET, SEC) 70

Worksite states

WA 1,655 TX 647 VA 467 CA 411 NY 256 MA 79 OR 71 GA 51 IL 43 NJ 37

Wage range

$93,800

25th

$113,381

median

$143,700

75th

$153,920

90th

Law firms used

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP2,062
Berry Appleman Leiden LLP806
Farrell LLP349
de Lint LLP237
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy LLP207
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, and Loewy, LLP91

Recent filings

Case	Job title	Status	Worksite	Decision
A-22161-69569	Manager III, Sales Operations	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Apr 7, 2023
A-22160-68684	Business Analyst I	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Apr 5, 2023
A-22121-48538	Solutions Architect III	Certified - Expired	Malvern, PA	Apr 5, 2023
A-22125-51245	PMT III – External Svcs	Certified - Expired	Bellevue, WA	Apr 3, 2023
A-22187-84228	Sales Operations III	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 30, 2023
A-22186-83236	Software Development Engineer III	Certified - Expired	Dallas, TX	Mar 28, 2023
A-22252-18793	Support Engineer IV	Withdrawn	Dallas, TX	Mar 23, 2023
A-22151-63620	Professional Services II	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 17, 2023
A-22132-54393	Professional Services II	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 16, 2023
A-22164-70536	Professional Services III	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 16, 2023
A-22146-61743	Professional Services III	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 16, 2023
A-22125-50765	Professional Services II	Certified - Expired	Herndon, VA	Mar 16, 2023
A-22158-67676	Professional Services II	Certified - Expired	Jersey City, NJ	Mar 15, 2023
A-22154-65915	Solutions Architect II	Certified - Expired	Dallas, TX	Mar 15, 2023
A-22153-64575	Software Development Engineer III	Certified - Expired	EAST PALO ALTO, CA	Mar 15, 2023
A-22168-74034	Software Development Engineer II	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 9, 2023
A-22287-40021	Professional Services II	Withdrawn	Seattle, WA	Mar 9, 2023
A-23065-08732	Solutions Architect III	Withdrawn	SANTA MONICA, CA	Mar 7, 2023
A-22161-69653	Cloud Support Engineer II	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 6, 2023
A-22161-69652	Cloud Support Engineer II	Certified - Expired	Seattle, WA	Mar 6, 2023

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.